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Old Sep 9, 2022 | 3:58 pm
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Château de Maubreuil

Now we come to our suite. All suites have names, ours was the Jardins de Babylone. There was no key, but an access code.

In the living room you immediately noticed that it was a special room, you could also say a freaky one.





However, what also stood out was that it was toasty warm in the room. Had they forgotten to turn on the air conditioning? No. Supposedly, none was allowed to be installed for reasons of historic preservation, so we had to make do with a Dyson fan. Honestly, the room was super hot and if I had known before (you just expect air conditioning), I would have thought twice. Ultimately, only permanent draught helped, which actually can not be.
From the living room went also the toilet. Very stylish with Toto toilet. Only one thing I did not understand. While in the bathroom they had installed a frosted glass pane, here it was clear glass. The view went out to the main entrance, well visible. I do not know how others see it, but I do not need spectators on the toilet.




Now for the bedroom. Also stylish.




The minibar was well priced, the old safe a nice touch.



So really ingenious to hang things in it was the cabinet with low depth now not, especially with automatic light.

But now to the bathroom. Small, but quite already made. BUT! First of all, they love technology here and have not installed a conventional type of faucet that has been tried and tested for centuries, but a hypermodern part with a sensor. May make sense in public toilets, but in the bathroom at home no one wants that. If you reach for the washbasin or put the toilet bag down in front to look for something, the water turns on. If you want to fill the sink for shaving or the toothbrush cup, it takes forever. Simply impractical. Then there was the light. Here, too, a light switch is dispensed with and sensor technology is used instead. So the light is still on forever when you come out of the bathroom and airing overnight is accompanied by a certain light phase, which attracts all the mosquitoes and similar creatures in the area. What a stupid installation. The shower was nice and big, but the water pressure was really weak. The rainforest shower was just a trickle and the hand shower not much better.






For this we had a balcony with fire escape, from which you could easily get into the garden and thus to the pool. But it also worked the other way around, so you should never leave the door open (you had to actively lock it).


Without question, a lot of money has gone into our suite, but it has been poorly invested in some cases. Much of it was impractical and more pretty to look at than suitable for everyday use. So we found the ornamental plant chic, unfortunately, they were edges but also quite sharp and we both hurt our hand at night on it. At home, something like that would fly away immediately. Nevertheless, the room had of course what for itself and it was for 3 nights already an experience.
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